Westerado looks like this tiny, throwaway, faux-retro thing, but there it is tracking and reacting to my actions, inactions and clumsiness. This meant I couldn't collect any bounties for the rest of the game.īasically, the world went to hell, it was all my fault, and I was so happy about it. Another saw the Sheriff, the lead quest-giver, killed by felons because I was too slow off the draw. Another one, where I tried to play the odds and please two opposing factions with opposing aims, led to a huge shootout in which everyone died. A mishap at one point saw me have to wipe out most of the population of one the game's two towns, as they'd not taken kindly to my stray pistol shots while fighting a wanted bandit.
Smaller in that the landmass isn't huge, the core quest is minimalist and you don't get achievements for killing endless wildlife in the desert.īigger in that you choose your behaviour in conversations, decide the fate of factions and kill basically anyone if you so please, and the game will simply adapt to the consequences. It's both smaller and bigger in scope, however. That said, Westerado does have a hell of a lot in common with Red Dead, from the revenge quest arc to the freedom of movement and the odd jobs, both menial and lethal. This isn't because Westerado is wholly like it, but because when it comes to Wild West-set games which aren't straight-up shooters, there isn't much else to reference. You'll notice I mentioned Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar's mostly marvellous sandbox cowboy game, which tragically never saw a PC port. If you need more convincing than that, then dammit pardner, saddle up and let's do this. If you like Westerns, if you like Red Dead Redemption, if you like roleplaying games which are based around choosing your behaviour, if you like whodunnits, if you like oddball life-or-death shooters, go get this, have a great time, be happy. Westerado: Double Barreled is an expanded and upgraded version of 2013's free, Adult Swim-hosted, Western-themed RPGish revenge quest Westerado.
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